Black History Month 2012

Monday will mark Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, an observance of the life of the man and his message of equality and justice. Beyond January Black (African American) History Month is observed in February. Below are some resources on African Americans in Kansas and the United States:

KANSAS

African Americans in Kansas
http://kansas150slk.blogspot.com/2011/01/african-americans-in-kansas.html
(The 2011 Kansas 150 blog article on African Americans in our state)

Biographies of African Americans held by the State Library of Kansas
http://sites.google.com/site/afambio/
(Resources that can be requested by contacting the Library)

Kansas State Data Center
http://www.kslib.info/sdc/statewide.html
(Scroll down to the bottom of the screen for "African Americans in Kansas)

Kansas African American Affairs Commission
http://www.kaaac.ks.gov/

African-Americans in Kansas and the West
http://www.kshs.org/p/african-americans-in-kansas-and-the-west-a-bibliography/13533
(Kansas State Historical Society)

Nicodemus Kansas National Historic Site
http://www.nps.gov/nico/
(National Park Service)

Nicodemus Kansas: the African American Mosaic
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam010.html
(Library of Congress)

Exodus to Kansas
http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2008/summer/exodus.html
(National Archives)

U.S AND MISSOURI

FEDERAL RESOURCES FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE
African American History
http://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=116
(Federal Resources for Educational Excellence)

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

African American Odyssey
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/aohome.html

Africam American History and Culture
http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/guide/african.html

African American Perspectives, 1818-1907
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/aaphome.html

The African American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ohshtml/aaeohome.html

From Slavery to Freedom: The African American Pamphlet Collection, 1822-1909
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml/aapchome.html

Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html

Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sthtml/sthome.html

Voices from the Days of Slavery
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

African American History
http://www.nps.gov/history/aahistory/
(Visit sites around the country with a connection to African Americans and African American history)

Missouri's African American History
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/africanamerican/intro.asp
(from the Missouri State Archives)

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

Black (African-American) History Month, 2011
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb11ff_01.html

Black History Month Biographies
http://www.census.gov/multimedia/www/radio/black_history_month/

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Online Resources guide
http://www.dol.gov/oasam/library/bib/african.htm

PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION

Black History Month on PBS
http://realscreen.com/2011/12/08/pbs-unveils-2012-black-history-month-line-up/

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